Miya

The Miya were kokujin, local warrior lords, of Bingo Province, traditionally held to descend from the Ononomiya branch of the northern Fujiwara, whose members settled there as priestly families of the Kibitsu Shrine. In the Nanboku-chō wars Miya Kanenobu fought for Ashikaga Takauji and drove Ashikaga Tadafuyu out of Bingo, becoming shugo of neighboring Bitchū by 1364 and holding it until at least 1365.

His kinsman Miya Morishige joined Tadafuyu against the shogunate's governor of Bingo. Their descendants, known as the two Miya houses, entered the Muromachi shogun's direct vassal corps and kept the clan united through the Ōnin War.

In the Sengoku age the Miya served the Amago; their main line died out in 1541, and around 1548 an attack by the Ōuchi brought about their downfall. Branch houses later served the Mōri and the Chōshū domain.